# St Catherine Appearing to the Prisoners

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HERRERA, Francisco de, the Elder](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herrera-francisco-de-the-elder-r03e5fee2023c2c>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

An important member of the school of Seville was Francisco de Herrera the Elder, whose violent technique was more daring than anything achieved by his colleagues. He excelled in depicting character. Typical of Herrera&#39;s work are the series of scenes from the life of St. Bonaventure \(now owned by the Prado Museum and Bob Jones University, Greenville, South Carolina\) painted in 1628, and the Apotheosis of St. Hermengild, in the Seville Museum.

## Related artworks

- [St Basil Dictating His Doctrine](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herrera-francisco-de-the-elder-r03e5fee2023c2c/st-basil-dictating-his-doctrine-r7fb3098acc2ea1>)
- [St Bonaventura Receiving the Host from the Hands of an Angel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herrera-francisco-de-the-elder-r03e5fee2023c2c/st-bonaventura-receiving-the-host-from-the-hands-of-an-angel-rfe1b7f326f4e81>)
- [St Bonaventure Enters the Franciscan Order](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herrera-francisco-de-the-elder-r03e5fee2023c2c/st-bonaventure-enters-the-franciscan-order-r63c190fcbf5887>)
- [St Joseph and the Christ Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herrera-francisco-de-the-elder-r03e5fee2023c2c/st-joseph-and-the-christ-child-rb8b259e4d41b97>)
- [The Holy Family](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herrera-francisco-de-the-elder-r03e5fee2023c2c/the-holy-family-r12b9129cd27b95>)
- [The Visitation](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/herrera-francisco-de-the-elder-r03e5fee2023c2c/the-visitation-r3ebc006636a4b3>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)